Merger of telcos to ease competition, shift focus to quality: Report

The merger of two telecom giants – Vodafone and Idea Cellular — imply that the Indian mobile market will soon be paired down to four major national mobile operators. There are now hopes this will ease the fierce round of mergers and acquisitions in the market and ease the ferocious price war in the country, says a report by Opensignal.

The merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular is set to create India’s biggest operator with around 387 million subscribers across the country. It plans to extend its 4G network to over 80 per cent of Indian users, wireless service mapping company Opensignal said.

The report has considered Vodafone and Idea as individual operators.

India’s remaining operators are now seeking other ways to differentiate their services rather than undercutting each other, the report added.